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"In this collection of 36 essays, Italo Calvino explores the definition of what is classic literature, and surveys works that range from early modern Europe and antiquity to the 19th century novel and contemporary classics.--Publisher."
"Classics, according to Italo Calvino, are not only works of enduring cultural value, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In Why Read the Classics?, Calvino shares over thirty of his classics in essays of warmth, humor, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Jorge Luis Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Charles Dickens. Whether tracing the links between Ovid's Metamorphoses and Alain Robbe-Grillet's objectivity, discovering the origins of science fiction in the writings of Cyrano de Bergerac, or convincing us that the Italian novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda's works are like artichokes, Calvino offers a new perspective on beloved favorites and introduces us to hidden gems."@en
"Italo Calvino was not only a prolific master of fiction, he was also an uncanny reader of literature, a keen critic of astonishing range. This is the most comprehensive collection of Calvino's literary criticism available in English, accounting for the enduring importance to our lives of crucial writers of the Western canon. Here--spanning more than two millennia, from antiquity to postmodernism--are thirty-six immediately relevant, elegantly written, accessible ruminations on the writers, poets, and scientists who meant most to Calvino at different stages of his life. At a time when the Western canon and the very notion of "literary greatness" have come under increasing disparagement by the vanguard of so-called multiculturalism, Calvino gives us an inspiring corrective.--From publisher description."
"From the internationally-acclaimed author of some of this century's most breathtakingly original novels comes this posthumous collection of thirty-six literary essays that will make any fortunate reader view the old classics in a dazzling new light. Learn why Lara, not Zhivago, is the center of Pasternak's masterpiece, Dr. Zhivago From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
"Essays over oud- en modern-klassieke auteurs uit de westerse literatuur."
"Ce livre rassemble la plupart des essais et articles de Calvino sur "ses" classiques: les écrivains, poètes, hommes de science, qui ont davantage compté pour lui à différents moments de son existence (selon Esther Calvino). Auteurs abordés: Mark Twain, G. de Maupassant, Balzac, Diderot, Queneau, Hemingway, etc. L'ouvrage constitue le prolongement naturel de "La machine littérature.""
"For Italo Calvino, classics are works of enduring cultural value, yes, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In Why Read the Classics', Calvino shares thirty-six of his classics in essays of warmth, humor, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Dickens, and offers surprising insights along the way. Whether tracing the links between Ovid's Metamorphoses and Alain Robbe-Grillet's objectivity, discovering the origins of science fiction in the writings of Cyrano de Bergerac, or convincing us that the Italian novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda's works are like artichokes, Calvino offers a new perspective on beloved favorites and introduces us to hidden gems."@en
"Classics, according to Italo Calvino, are not only works of enduring cultural value, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In 'Why read the classics?', Calvino shares over thirty of his classics in essays of warmth, humour, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Jorge Luis Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Charles Dickens. Whether tracing the links between Ovid's Metamorphoses and Alain Robbe-Grillet's objectivity, discovering the origins of science fiction in the writings of Cyrano de Bergerac, or convincing us that the Italian novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda's works are like artichokes, Calvino offers a new perspective on beloved favourites and introduces us to hidden gems."

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"Perchè leggere i classici"
"Perchè leggere i classici"@it
"Waarom zou je de klassieken lezen"
"Por que ler os clássicos"@pt
"Por Que ler os classicos"@pt
"Wir wollen weniger erhoben und fleissiger gelesen sein : über die Klassiker"
"Klasikleri niçin okumalı?"@tr
"Warum Klassiker lesen?"
"Perché leggere i classici : presentazione dell'autore"
"Por qué leer los clásicos"
"Por qué leer los clásicos"@es
"Why read the classics?"@en
"Why read the classics?"
"Pourquoi lire les classiques"
"Por que leer los clasicos"
"Giati na diavazoume tous klasikous : dokimia"
"Por qué leer los clásicos : [ensayo]"
"Warum Klassiker lesen ?"
"Klasikleri niçin okumalı? : deneme"
"Klasikleri niçin okumalı? : deneme"@tr
"Por que leer los clásicos"
"Chirā bāyad kilāsı̄k'hā rā khvānd"
"Porquê ler os clássicos"
"Pourquoi lire les classiques?"
"Perché leggere i classici"
"Perché leggere i classici"@it

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